Finally found a place full of the columnar basalt - although it is underground. It is slightly harder to dig through than the cobblestone around it, but it doesn't shift like sand when it is dug - which I had half expected. There was lapis lazuli and pyrite right next to this, as well. I had a few questions I had asked myself about - will gardens grow in the Enverness area, if you bring in regular dirt? Yes, just like in the marsh and savannah/desert areas if you put water and regular soil, it will grow.
I was exploring more of the jars and the chests that are under the water in the almost endless Enverness pools - lots of weird things there. Trying to get around and through those areas was a big thing earlier in the game, because there was no food there and I didn't want to hang out. Now, I'm geared up more and have lots of bases with food, so I'm exploring them a bit more. Even just running through some of the earlier places I had been in the game, now that I know so much more about surviving there and have built up resources, I'm seeing those old bases with new eyes.
Don't eat the raw calamari it's poisonous! I keep reading that you can catch different fish in different biomes, but so far I am only catching the same types everywhere. It might be the fishing rod? I have seen some about an ice fishing rod, as well - will have to check that out when I return to the place that I finally found the ice. Having a fishing rod and edible fish was one of the things I had missed in the other type of Luanti I had played for a few months - Asuna having that, animals and so much more farming and biomes really pleased me and has kept me playing this modpack.
a savannah/mesa 'outback' biome home with a garden
near some very good mining locations
I have expanded my network of world locations to almost two hundred - not all of them connected by roads, many with 'pointing' spires like described before, where continue to go in that direction along that x or z axis and you end up in the next location. I'm using the online Desmos graphic calculator to give myself a rough bare bones map, entering the x and z coordinates from the f5 information window that I finally saw the other day - I don't know why that took me so long to find, but once I do stumble on something to make the mapping easier I will use it. Although, I may not continue seeking easier and more advanced mapping - once I have something that works.
Mark was looking at all of the graphic user interface (GUI) utilities out there and wanting me to go use one of those, that is his interest, technical programs and utilities and forums to extend the game experience - but this is 'good enough' and I actually kind of like making myself 'true navigate' like some ancient Viking and keep an idea in my head where I'm going with the Desmos map being almost like a hand-drawn pirate map. It's part of the fun for me. I was using the sunrise / sunset and lines of sight and landmarks before finding the coordinate system, so hey - I'm high-tech now, compared to that! I'm almost ready to exit the Stone Age, right? And yes, I'm still using mostly stone pickaxes, even though I found some iron in one place I haven't been back there to use more of it in a while, as exploring and working my way through the world and new biomes is more interesting than having a faster working pick axe. I'll explore more of the technology naturally as I run out of other interesting things.
Going back through the new Alpine and desert areas to build more bases now where it is logical and collect supplies and interesting rocks to transfer along the network. Mark had been thinking to start playing in the same world with me, but then he got caught up in the politics he is seeing on forum posts and for some reason that makes him not want to play - even just the two of us in the game. He said that participating in forums about games is really important to him, while I just like to play the game. I'm having fun with it though, discovering all the things, post here a little when I finally figure something out.
That is another main draw for me in games, besides the number one thing of being able to really build a little bit at a time, over time and keep inventory/maps etc - is having lots of things I have to figure out for myself (but not a bunch of enemies and deadly bits, more just curious bits, potions to use, herbs etc.), and not a big wiki base that has every answer, so there are things I have to ponder and bash the rocks together so to say, until I find the answer for myself. I've been told that is 'the hard way'. I often do make notes, like here on this site, though - so someone else might stumble against at least a little Eureka and then go back and work on the things that have been puzzling them.
Still studying Greek and Japanese, French-to-Spanish and Spanish-to-French. Mark was wondering if we could buy a small outside shelter soon for the little blind goat and the cats and a hay crib to go in it - we've been thinking about it for a while, and watching a few more farm videos he saw something at an online store that he thought might work.
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